Hello!
This Hollow Knight video was a huge endeavour, but I couldn’t be much more pleased with the result. I’m really happy with how I summed up the game, and the feedback has been great.
This is my longest video to date at 40 minutes, but it’s made with the same density of information and detail...
2019-11-05 10:47:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello! Sorry again for the delay on this - but it's here! Four games to wrap your peepers around
Mark
2019-11-04 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
To celebrate Halloween, I'm taking you to the aptly named Hallownest: the sprawling ant's nest world of Team Cherry's Metroidvania, Hollow Knight.
This is my biggest video yet. It's 40 minutes (way longer than anything I've made before), and has animated maps and charts, developer insight, speedrun te...
2019-10-31 19:58:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
It’s time for everyone’s favourite Patreon reward: the reading list! This is 30-odd videos and articles that I think you’ll dig.
This month we’re looking at fake explosions, fake cameras, fake Fortnite players, and some real stuff too. Promise.
Cheers for your support!
Top ...
2019-10-31 08:22:53 +0000 UTC View PostWhile much of the young games industry was focused on copying the success of Taito's Space Invaders, one designer decided to go in a very different direction. The result: my second design icon, Pac-Man.
Cheers!
Mark
2019-10-15 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello! This video is about games that work on clockwork schedules - often with Groundhog Day-style time loops. Let's talk about the unique advantages of such games, and start a conversation about how other games could benefit from a similar approach.
2019-10-02 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all! Here's your Playlist video for September, where I chat about some games I've been playing.
New videos are in the works, so you'll see some stuff soon. Thanks for your support!
Mark
2019-09-30 11:54:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello! You know the drill by now - here’s 30 articles and videos I recommend you check out! Thanks for your support in September
Top Pick
[Watch | 9 mins] Why the Guns In Modern Warfare Sound So Incr...
2019-09-24 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello! So, the Metroid Prime trilogy is finally done! Catch my thoughts in the video above.
Next up on Boss Keys will be Hollow Knight - that's going to be a tremendously big project, so I'll let you know when that kicks off. And maybe don't expect to see any videos for a while when that begins :P
Cheers
Mar...
2019-09-16 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSome of you may have seen this, but this is tomorrow's episode! Excited to get this new series out there.
2019-09-04 17:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello! I haven't missed a Patreon reward in years, and I'm not starting now. So with a few hours left in August, here's your Playlist video for the month.
I mostly discuss Telling Lies, the new game from Her Story creator Sam Barlow. No spoilers, so it's good to listen to if you haven't tried the game yet. It's an inter...
2019-08-31 18:53:58 +0000 UTC View PostHey! I'm back with this month's editing tutorial. This time, we're looking at graphs (and other such charts). It's all about building something nice in Photoshop, exporting it as bits, and then putting it back together again in Premiere. A little bit of After Effects fun is thrown in there, too.
Hope it proves handy! 2019-08-29 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
Another bonkers month for me - this time, renovating a house while simultaneously hosting a massive game jam. Phew!
I’m on my holidays at the moment to close off this crazy chapter of my life and recover from the madness, and then I’m back in September for normal progress to resume!
Hello!
So, the GMTK Game Jam has closed for another year. This one was bonkers, for lots of reasons.
Partly because it was HUGE: over 7,000 participants, 2,600 games submitted, 46,000 ratings, and so much traffic it completed killed itch.io's servers. It was manic.
But also because I've had to juggle t...
2019-08-20 19:58:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone. This year's jam is ridiculously big, with over 6,000 participants. Let's see what they come up with!
Mark
2019-08-02 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostCeleste is one of the most satisfying platformers released in recent memory. And a big part of that is due to the tight and responsive controls of the game’s main character: Madeline. In this video, let’s look at how designers Matt Thorson and Noel Berry made the hero of Celeste feel so good to play.
As part of this...
2019-07-31 14:32:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
So, as a thanks for your support, here's the full interview with Matt and Noel - co-creators of Celeste.
We actually had to do this twice. The first interview had really screwed up sound, so the duo gracefully agreed to hop back on Skype and do the whole interview again!
Hope you find it interesting. ...
2019-07-30 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello hello! It must have been a pretty chunky month for good gaming reads, because I’m actually writing this on July 15th* and I’ve already got 30 must-see articles and videos to recommend! So without further ado, let’s get into it!
*I’m moving house at the end of this month, so I’m getting Patreon reward...
2019-07-29 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello! Instead of your usual playlist video, this month I wanted to revisit a game I talked about in a previous episode.
In June, I lamented the fact that I couldn't get into Outer Wilds - despite it sounding like the exact sort of game I love to play. For July, I gave the game another go, finished it, and enjoyed...
2019-07-28 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello! I'm back with another video essay editing tutorial.
This time we're looking at masks, which is basically just a way of cutting a hole in one piece of footage, so the stuff behind it can be seen. This can be used to highlight information, create transitions, and more. See the full video above.
2019-07-19 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey!
One of the games I liked the look of at E3 was The Outer Worlds, by Obsidian. And one preview in particular that grabbed my eye was this one, which claims you can talk your way out of anything.
...
2019-07-15 13:58:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m very pleased with the thumbnail for my Super Mario Maker 2 episode. It’s big, bold, inviting, fits the game, and combines official art with custom text in a cool way. So here’s how I made it.
So I started by finding t...
2019-07-05 15:20:01 +0000 UTC View Post(This video is now available for everyone)
Hello!
I knew I definitely wanted to make a video about Super Mario Maker 2. It combines level design and Mario - how could I not! And so I decided the best thing to do would be to make a beginner's tutorial to making your first level. It's got 10 steps and is pa...
2019-07-02 07:37:22 +0000 UTC View PostHello! Let's end the month with a quick look at some new games I've been trying out!
Cheers
Mark
2019-06-28 12:10:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! This month, all eyes were on Los Angeles for the annual “here’s who you’ll be shooting next year” marketing event. So I’m kicking the list off with some E3 nuggets.
And then it’s onto Dark Souls animations, Kaizo Mario hacks, and Ouya game preservation for the rest.
Enjoy!
Hello! New episode for you today, looking at the immersive qualities of Metro: Exodus and how it stands apart from the three(!!!) other post apocalyptic open world shooters released so far in 2019.
Enjoy! Episode goes live to everyone tomorrow at 5PM BST.
2019-06-25 11:43:51 +0000 UTC View PostHey! I want to tell about a thing that didn’t happen. And then a thing that is happening.
So back in February, I got an email from a literary agent in London who liked my videos, and asked if I was interested in writing a book. As it so happens, I was interested! As much as I love video, there’s just something ...
2019-06-24 14:13:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey! I'm back with a new editing tutorial for you.
This time, we're looking at moving images around the screen. We're going to make an image elegantly appear from the side of the screen, and show a quote from a website on top of a sexy colour-washed video clip.
As I say in the video, I'd highly recommend that you ...
2019-06-21 15:11:40 +0000 UTC View PostBoss Keys: Metroid flavour is almost done. This time we're looking at the contentious Prime 2, which is both loved and loathed by Metroid fans. Let's look at how it's world map holds up.
2019-06-12 14:09:48 +0000 UTC View PostMay's been a busy month for me. I went to Malmo for a talk, bought a thing I can't talk about yet, made two videos, finished Metroid Prime 2 Echoes for Boss Keys, and made lots of Patreon content - leaving me with less time than usual for trying out new releases.
But! I still managed to fit in a few new games. ...
2019-05-31 08:49:23 +0000 UTC View Post
